dyspnea
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin dyspnoea, from δύσπνοια (dyspnoia, “bad breathing”), compound of δυσ- (dys, “bad, unfortunate”) and πνοή (pnoē, “breeze”).
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dyspnea (countable and uncountable; plural dyspneas)
- (pathology) Difficult or labored respiration.
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difficult respiration
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